Google Analytics
November 14, 2005
So it looks like Google is getting into the stats business now. They have just launched a new service called Google Analytics. It seems to be getting hammered by traffic right now, so it is a little hard to get in. I signed in with my Gmail account and have plugged the stats package into my main blog at www.jeremyflint.com.
Basically, you drop a chunk of Javascript in the head of your site template (or on any page you want to track stats for), and Google does the rest. I should have some stats within the next twelve hours, so it will be interesting to see how they display them.
While we are on the subject of web-based stats, I also got an invite to try out MeasureMap, the new web app from the fine folks at Adaptive Path. I am running it on my Mississippi State Sports Blog, and it seems to be doing well. The difference between MeasureMap and other stat packages is that MeasureMap is geared towards blogs, measuring not only visitors and links, but the number of comments and direct hits on posts.
